Apple’s infamous App Store vetting process is set to come under fire yet again, with the pending release of Smuggle Truck: Operation Immigration, an iPhone/iPad game that revolves around the smuggling of immigrants across the US-Mexican border.

Alex Schwartz, the Owlchemy Labs developer behind the title claims to have been inspired by his own friends who had trouble making it over the border. “As we lived through a painful 12 months of our friend struggling through the absurd legal minefield that surrounds U.S. immigration, we felt that we should create a game that touches on the issue,” says Schwartz.

Not surprisingly, the game is being met with all manner of criticism, claiming that the title trivializes the hot button topic. The game is due out in March, pending approval. Trailer after the jump.